Asha Chicago’s First Dodgeball Charity event

December 2, 2014

Asha for Education’s Chicago Chapter hosted its first dodgeball charity event on November 24th, 2014 at DePaul’s Ray Meyer Fitness and Recreation Center. The chapter contacted and worked with the South Asian Students Associations and Indian Students Associations of 5 collegiate organizations in Chicago including DePaul University, Loyola University, Northwestern University, University of Chicago and University of Illinois at Chicago.

Additionally, chapter volunteers and members reached out to their personal and professional networks and two Indiana University organizations – Raas Royalty and Indiana University Indian Student Association, to help promote and participate in Asha’s event.

The event was extremely successful as we had 10 teams participate with over 60+ attendees. Teams had a chance to play 4+ games in an exhibition round to seed them into the final tournament bracket. The last hour of the event was dedicated to a single elimination tournament where teams competed for a cash prize and bragging rights for a year!

The entire tournament lasted a total of two hours and the Asha team received positive feedback on the entertainment value and efficiency of the event. The tournament raised over $400 in funds which are being donated to the 6 projects supported by Asha Chicago. Based off this success, Asha Chicago is working to make this a recurring yearly event and hopes to continue getting more teams involved, raise fundraising standards and give back to schools in need of help in India.

Asha for Education is a fully volunteer-run 501(c)(3) non-profit with 50+ chapters around the world whose mission is to catalyze socio-economic change in India through the education of underprivileged children. Click here for more details about us.

We work with over 200 projects spread across the length and breadth of India. The projects deal with educational issues from pre-primary schooling to professional education in locations from urban slums to isolated rural areas. Click here to learn more.

You can help us in our mission in a variety of ways. You can join a local chapter, get involved with projects in India at an intimate level with the Asha Stars program, help us with our fundraising efforts, visit a project in India, intern with us or our project partners or Donate! Click here to learn more.